Disclose details of meeting with Adani, CPI tells Jagan Mohan Reddy
The Hindu
The party questioned the govt.’s urgency in awarding the contract to the firm to set up 9,000 MW solar power plants in the State
The Communist Party of India (CPI) has demanded the state government to disclose the details of a secret meeting between Chief minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy and industrialist Gautam Adani.
In a statement on Thursday, CPI state secretary K. Ramakrishna said that Andhra Pradesh State Cabinet has hurriedly adopted resolutions to allow Adani group to set up 9,000 MW solar power plants in the State. What were the reasons behind the approval for allowing Adani group alone when four-five companies had to be given the opportunity to set up the plants.
The Jagan government was hatching plans to hand over Gangavaram, Krishnapatnam and Machilipatnam ports on a platter to Adani group, Mr. Ramakrishna alleged.
The election authorities are gearing up for the counting of votes cast in the simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, scheduled to be held on June 4. The Collectors and Election Officers of Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli and Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) districts said on May 23 (Thursday) that their teams were ready for the counting of votes.
Responding to the prolonged water scarcity, the residents of the area took to the streets in protest on Wednesday. The protest, which drew attention to their plight, stopped only after the intervention of the police. It was not until 1.30 p.m. that a 4000-litre tanker was finally delivered by BWSSB, providing relief to the water-starved residents.